Music-holder



.No. 608,438. Patented Aug. 2, I898.

0. l. BYE.

MUSIC HOLDER.

7 Application filed Sept. 22, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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OLAVES I. BYE, or I-IILLSBOROUGH, NORTH DAKOTA.

MUSIC-HOLDER.

SPEGIFICiATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 608,438, dated August2, 1898.

Application filed September 22, 1897., Serial No. 652,508. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, OLAVES I. BYE, of Hillsborough, in the countyofTraill and State of North Dakota, have invented a new and ImprovedMusic-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a music-leaf holder especially adapted to beused in connection with guitars and similar instruments; and it consistsof a frame constructed, preferably, of wire orlight metal and providedwith a springheld slide adapted to clamp and hold the music and with ahook which may be placed within the sound-port usually provided in theupper surface of such instruments.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device as applied to a guitar. Fig.2 is a perspective view of thedevice alone, and Fig. 3 is a bottomperspective view showing the manner of attaching a spring to the slideand also show ing the aperture in theback of the slide.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap music-holderwhich may be attached directly to the instrument, so as to hold themusic at all times in clear view of the performer, whether he remainsstationary or is moving about; and to this end I have constructed themusic-holder as shown in the drawings. V

The music-holder is preferably constructed with a framework of wire bentinto the form required, and consists of two principal divisions-the backportion 0, composed of the vertical Wires B, which at the point I) arebent back upon themselves and connected by the horizontal portion B andthe base portion B, consisting of the horizontal portions 13 and B whichare connected by the rearward bend or offset portion G, the outerportions B being connected by the portions B, which are at right anglesthereto. At the point where the two parts B meet they are bent at rightangles away from the back and then recurved upon themselves to form ahook H, by which the back is secured to the edge of the sound-port.

The lower portions of the wires B, forming the back of the holder, areunited by a metal plate D, which is secured thereto by having theendsformed into eyes (1, which are closed about the wire. The portions B ofthe base have a slide E, which consists of a thin plate secured theretoby eyes 6, which are, however, loose enough to permit the samehorizontal and having the'eyes c at each end thereof. The main portion-Eis bent up from the horizontal portion E and backward, so as to lie atan angle with the back of the holder. The upper edge of the'main portionE should be made about even with the upper edge of the plate D.

To the base E of the plate or slide E is'secured a spring F, formed of awire provided with one or more coils at its center, which coils aresecured to the base by means of an eyelet or rivet I. The ends of thespring F engage the hook formed by the backwardlybent portion or recessGot the wires, forming the base portion B.

I To the edge of the plate or slide E, at the center, is secured a ringf, which may be engaged by the thumb or finger to draw the slide awayfrom the back 0. The position of the slide when so drawn back is shownby dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this position the book or sheet of musicmay be inserted between the slide E and the back 0. When the slideis'released, the spring will hold the slide against the music, firmlysecuring it in place.

The plate D may be provided with an aperture d, by means of which thedevice may be fastened upon a nail or pin, if desired.

In using this device the hook H is placed over the edge of thesound-port aof a guitar, mandolin,.or any similar instrument which has asound-port in its upper surface. The

hook 11 need not grasp theedge of the port struction and may be readily.placed within the case containing the instrument.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. Ainusic-holder,havingthe frame thereofformed of a single wire bent to outline the frame, having back and basesections which are substantially rectangular and at right angles to eachother, said wire centrally of the outer side edge of the base-section,or at that side farthest from the back section being bent downward andunder to form a hook, a slide mounted upon the side wires of thebase-section to slide toward and from the back, and a spring normallyholding the slide toward the back.

2. A music-holder made of wire bent to outline a frame having back andbase sections substantially at right angles to each other, said wires ofthe base-section having an offset bend therein, and at the outer sideedge or that farthest from the back being bent downward and under toform a hook, a slide mounted upon the base, and a spring engaging saidslide and the offset bend in the side wires and serving to clampthemusie between said slide and the back, substantially as described.

3. A music-holder made of wire bent to outline a frame having back andbase sections substantially at right angles to each other, the sidewires of the base-section having an offset bend therein, and at theouter side edge or that farthest from the back being bent downward andunder to form a hook, a slide mounted upon the base, and a springconsisting of a wire coiled at its center and secured at its point tothe slide and having its ends engaging the olliset bend in the saidwires, whereby the slide is held against the back section and the 1nusie clamped therebetween, substantially as described.

OLA VES l. BYE.

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